At least 137 of nearly 300 Nigerian children abducted more than two weeks ago from their school in the north-western state of Kaduna were released on Sunday, military officials have said. An earlier statement from the Government had suggested all the students were freed. Motorcycle-riding gunmen invaded the Kuriga school on March 7 and marched […]
Nearly 300 kidnapped Nigerian schoolchildren have been freed more than two weeks after they were seized from a school in the north-western state of Kaduna, local officials have said. Kaduna state governor Uba Sani did not give details of the release of the 287 students, who were taken from their school in the remote town […]
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Armed men invaded a boarding school in northwestern Nigeria early Saturday and abducted 15 children, police told The Associated Press, about 48 hours after nearly 300 students were taken hostage in the conflict-hit region. School abductions are common in Nigeria’s northern region, especially since the 2014 kidnapping of more than 200 […]
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — What seemed like an aberration a decade ago when militants kidnapped 276 schoolgirls in Nigeria’s Chibok community has become a recurring horror in the country. Since then, the number of students abducted has risen to more than 1,400. The kidnapping of 287 students this week in Kaduna State in northwestern Nigeria […]
Milwaukee police rescued a 20-year-old person who had been abducted by two men on Thursday night, police said in a news release. At about 9 p.m., Milwaukee police chased two men driving a stolen gold Ford Fusion and the roughly 11-minute pursuit went from 2400 West Galena to the 700 block of West Cherry Street, […]
A father who abducted his estranged son from a park in Palm Beach County, prompting the issue of an AMBER alert for the boy Sunday, has been arrested after he was pulled over in Central Florida, officials said. Christian Simeus, 7, of Riviera Beach, was playing at a park in the 1200 block of West […]
A Florida Amber Alert was issued Sunday evening for a 7-year-old boy who is reported missing. â–¶ WATCH CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS The Florida Department of Law Enforcement issued the alert for Christian Simeus. Christian was last seen at the 1200th block of West 3rd Street in Riviera Beach. Read: Weather cools down for the […]
FEDERAL WAY, Wash – There were some scary moments for a woman at a Federal Way gas station after two masked men tried to grab her while she stopped to fill up early Tuesday morning. It happened at a Shell station near Pacific Highway S and S Dash Point Road. One of the clerks that […]
The new EU sanctions package against Russia will include a noticeable section on the abduction of Ukrainian children and their transportation to occupied Crimea, Belarus, and Russia. Source: The Guardian Quote: “On the draft list that was approved by EU representatives were a series of men and women said to be directly involved [in the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — A registered sex offender has been arrested after attempting to lure and kidnap a three-year-old child in south Salt Lake, the South Salt Lake Police Department said. Travis James Groce, 43, was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of child kidnapping, a first-degree felony. Here’s how Utahns can get real gold out […]
GENEVA (Reuters) – Syrian refugees who fled the war are facing gross human rights violations such as torture and abduction on their return home while women are subject to sexual harassment and violence, the U.N. human rights office said in a report on Tuesday. More than 12 years after Syria’s conflict began there are still […]
Feb. 12—THOMASVILLE — A 53-year-old Trinity man is accused of driving off with a 16-year-old girl from Thomasville. The girl’s relatives reported Feb. 8 about 7 p.m. that she had not come home from Thomasville High School. Detectives uncovered information that led them to believe the girl was with Lawrence Nathaniel Chandler, who is not […]